Flag or pennant spreader



2 Sheets-Sheet l I H l INVENTOR oct. 25, 1927.

R. T. wALToN FLAG OR PENNANT SPREADER Filed 066512. 1926 .Patented 10st. 25, i927.y V

i f yUNflf'iE its )ROBERT T. WALTON, por PHILADELHIAQriirriisYnvAnrn. i-" 2' Y FLAGTon PENNANT sriariannn..

Application inca october 12,15%. seriiiio.iii,oi2. j

',Thisinvention relates to flags, pennants,

and the like,i.and liasfinore especial relation tomeans for supporting the saine. v

The leading obJect yof the `present inven# vtion resides in the provision offlagsupporting means? whichris` freely rotatable with respect to a iiag staff and in which flag spreader means is provided to maintain Srv-.flag ror the like in a substantially Hat plane, irre- Spective of Ithe direction the'wind .y blows.

thus preventing Hag furling or Wrapping thereof-around thefiag sta' -A furtherv object is to Vprovide a -liag or the equivalent thereof With afgenerally U- shaped spreaderfor preventing the furling or- Wrapping'previously reyferred` to.

A stillfurther object resides in the provision of aL flag or the like arranged to re-4 Y volve withrespeet-towa staf and 'which isA detachably clamped with respect to both the flag and-staff. v

A still-further object-iste providea structuie of the charaeterstatedin nf'hicha flag. orthe' like, when detached from a sta-if, may be vfolded in*compactpmanner.;

Other' and .further objects reside Vin the provisionof general details of construction and arrangement; and combination Yot Aparts for attainingthe results-sought,bythe foregoingvobjeets. l f. y f l TheY invention. consistsof the novel construction hereinafter jdeseribed 'l and finally Aclaimed.-V Q The nature, charaeteris'tic features and scope ofV the invention will be more' fullyl 'understood from the Yfollowing description taken in connection with the` aecompanyingv ldrawings forming part hereof, land in trate details of constructionofa spreader'. ,f

Fig. 5, is a View insection taken uponthe lineV 55 ofFig. 4. l y

Fig. 6, is va fragmentary View of a staff and the rotatable part shown in l as applied thereto.

Fig. 7, isa` viewin elevation of aslightly modified formofiiag spreader arrangement.

.Fig. 8, is'faii edge 'View ofFig. 7.

Fig.9, isf a view ingsideielevation of a'flag v.

proi'zided v- With sectional Y reinforeement whereby the iagmayJ be compaetly folded when detached 1 from its l staff vor support.y

F ig'.v v 10,- is a View of the flag shoWninFig.

9, lfolded into eompactlform.,

For the purpose of illustrating my iriven tion I have shown in theaeeompanying .drawings 'several forms thereofwhiehare, at

present` preferred ,-me, ,since the Qsame has been-found in practicetogive, satisfactory.

and reliable results, although it istol benn- 'rangement and 'organizationpof the instru.-

mentalities las; herein shown vand described.

In the drawings,.thereferenee numeralr l .designates a supporter,staff for; a `,flag 2, 'l pennant or the like, and the support l may v be g vertically or lhorizontally disposed'.as j, .8O l

shown` inthe 44drawi 1'1 gs..,or may;` bev arranged at 'an inclination. Thestafl l maybe liolloyv,

as shown in. Fig; 6,. and cylindrical in form,

Adapted for detachable.connection With .re- I I preferabflyof vniet'al,aiidconsistingV of a .semi`feircular portion offint'egral structure .lill

terminating in opposed flanges 4, see Fig. 3,

which in Y effect provides" a substantially A.LL

staffl isprovided with ay flat surface terminating in a studv 5 around vwhich theelampf 4 ing` niember mayfreely rotatefand aaspherical. member secured to'stud 5 means of pin is provided to` .maintain they shoulder 8 of clampingy member y3 inlr'otatable position uponthe upper vsurface 9 of the Clamping member 3. Arrangedgbetween the vflanges 4 flag 2, pennantxorfthejlike. `-This end of theflag is reinforced byj means ,of afmetal vof-Ytheelamping member is` tli'eend of the stripv l0 bent Uf-sliaped 'fashion to `,fitl over kthe endA of the iiagrandrgis Vseeured tofplaee by means ofp'eyelets 11. Canvas strips v20 are employed to preventfrietional Contact between the flag andthe Ufshaped strip.

Passing through 'the eyelets 11, as clearly shown iniFigsxl and v8,-'are Cotter pins 12 whereby the flag, 2 and its QU-shaped're .i i

inforcements V10 are clamped between the flanges 4f ofthe clamping member 3. This provides Va very Vready and convenient mani yic ner for Vdetaching tlie flagA with respect to `both the staff 1 and the clamping member 3,

theadvantages of which are'readily appar-y ent. In order to maintain the. flag 2, pen- Vnants orA the like, fin a substantially flatY plane, Ifmake use of stretchers, stilfeners, ,or

spreaders designated 13, best seen in Figs. 1, 7, and 9. Thesespreaders I encasefwithin a canvas covering ldesignated V19. rIhe spreader 13' is preferably made of wire, shaped Ufashion, and having its 'inner ends e. 14v 'bentl in opposite directions for engaging around adjacent eyelets 11. Inv practice the flag 2 is made up of a.y single piece of fabric superimposed upon Y whicharc additional strips 16 stitched to the'part 2V by vmeans of stitches 15. The* strip16` as lstitched tothe flag proper'fo-rms'apoclet, as clearly illustrated in'Figsf'l and 5,V toy receive the `U- vented'from escapement and is maintained inf proper position atall times. In use the Hagywith. Vits spreader andV rotatably supported uponits staff by means of-the clamping member is free to revolve around itsv staff `regardless efthe' direction in which'vthe wind' is blowing, and` by reason lof the spreaders employed always maintains a substantially'single or flat ange, ythe advantages of which are readily'apparent.

' 3 Referring now to Figs. 7 anrdfS, while the iag 2, pennant or'theililre, is shown as being` supported in dependingeposition, instead 4of havingr U-shaped metallic pieces .10 secured vto the clamping member as in the'forego-ing kfl() like. Instead of having Vthe v`'in said Figsi andl S.

Ait is to be noted thatv the U-shapedspreaders lengage'e'ach side of the flag, asl clearly shown in; Fig`."8,so that they same results are ob`` vfigures this metallic strip is-secured VVtothe horizontal support 1 by means 'of rings 17.

'The' ringsl? are causedV to engage around the v`horizontal support 1 and through the eyelets 11 to thus support the flag 2, or the U-sh'aped spreaders 18 secured withinv pockets Vin the ilag2, the said spreaders are caused yto eX- teriorly`V engage the flag 2,v as vclearly shown In the connection,

tainedby this structure as are obtained by "the structure in the foregoing iig'ures with the exception 'that the vspreader in Figs. 7 'and'S arenot concealed, whereasin the'fOrejgoingguresthey are concealed.

ers 13:are'of`the sameconstruction as shown Taking up now Figs. 9 and 10, the spread-y 'in Figs. 1 and 3, that is, they are concealed within pockets;V However, the strip l0, as shown in the foregoing figures, `is divided into several sections which are designated 18, whereby the flag when disconnectedffrom its clamping member .8 may be fclded into compact form, as rclearly illustrated in Fig. 10. Obviously thefiac'lshown in Fig.V 9. maybe supported as shown in Fig. 1, or as shown in Fig. 7.' y Y It will now be apparent that I have devised a novel and useful construction which embodies thefea-tures of advantage enumeratedas desirable in the'statement'offthefinventicn andlthe 'above'description and while I have in the present instance shown-and described the preferred embodiments thereofA which vlravebeen foundinpractice to give satisfactoryY andreliable results, `it is to be understood that the VVsame' arel susceptible of modification in various particulars "without departing from the spirit or scope 'of theinvention or sacrificing Vany of, its advantages. Having thus described my invention, what I. claim as new and desire to' secure' by Lets ters Patent, is:`

l. Tn device of the cha'racterlstated, aV

2. In a device ofthe character stated, `a s I' staff, a clampmemberofsemi-circular shape having ropposed fia'nges,.said' member being freely rctatableupenf said staff, a iag having an edge inserted between said iianges,

a spreader.. having itslffree' ends-inserted Ibe-V tween said flanges, saidspreaderbeing re1- atively U-sha'ped with' itsv openend arranged opposite sald clamp 'member, and i a Cotter pin connection passing through said flanges for clamping'saidliia g and spreader .to place.

VvDI l1' ftlfl tttd .an al ueiice o y ie ciarac er s a e a flag staff, a yclamp member of semi-circular` shape having opposed iianges, said member beingv freely rotatable upon said staff, a flag yhaving awpoclret to receive av spreader, said flag having anv edge inserted betweensaid flanges', a spreader having itsfreer ends in` serted betweensaid flanges, said spreader being relative-ly U-shapediwvith its open end arranged opposite said vclamp member and being entirely concealed insaid pocket, and

means passing through said ianges forVV clamping said flag and spreader to place.Y

` ROBERT T. WAIJION. 

